I didn't check, as th UK tends to get lumped in with the US as opposed to Europe. Are we not getting Cortana then?
Edit: op says we are
If it takes commands like that, I'll be happy
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Xbox One Summer Update Preview (Cortana, new Game Library, Win10 app, more)
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I didn't check, as th UK tends to get lumped in with the US as opposed to Europe. Are we not getting Cortana then?
Edit: op says we are
If it takes commands like that, I'll be happy
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Are they actually changing the commands to hey cortana and removing the xbox preface or is that something people are assuming? Don't see a reason they can't run both.
What if you have a Win10 phone, PC and Xbox? How will it know which one you're speaking to?
Idk, I get why they're doing it but I think they should keep both "xbox" and "hey cortana" or even just "Cortana". I've never said "hey" my entire life and never heard anyone else say it either, and even when I say it now just to see how it sounds I sound like a right twat. I bet because of that they see really low engagement with Cortana in UK at least. It's just a very US-centric phrase, it'd be like Americans having to say "Alright Cortana, go to forza" or whatever, would sound silly I bet
Edit: Yeah Cortana learns your voice and stuff but you don't have to say "Hey Cortana" for that to work. If anything, wouldn't Cortana learning custom commands etc make even more sense to let you customize the prefix to whatever you want it to be, with the default being "Hey Cortana"? Best of both worlds and I see no reason why it can't work?
they are actually changing it.
JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
Sadly yes.
If you didnt receive a message the last couple of days you are out of luck getting into the first few Waves..
You have to go change your enrollment to latest NXOE update if you received the message from Xbox on live.
Yeah, I think Update #2 is the full Anniversary Update we've been hearing about; the big one:
[1] Over the Air DVR
[2] streaming music from networked PC source
[3] whatever form PC Windows 10 and Xbox One commingling is gonna look like to start
[4] Keyboard & Mouse....? (keyboard is actually already supported)
LukasTaves
Member
lol
When they first announced I remember they saying that there would be both, not it seems it's replacing (at least when cortana is active).
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Very odd decision. Xbox is a much shorter keyword, works fine and people already use it. Dunno why they'd remove it totally.
Consistency across the Windows platform. It's "Hey Cortana" for any other Windows 10 device, it should be the same for Xbox.
Meaty update, but don't understand comments about Kinect dying?The opposite infact. It's still much more convenient then mic/headset. I don't want to stick my headset on to turn off xbox while I'm walking out the door lol.
Expecting Phil to drop a few bombs at e3 too. Loving these updates!
Expecting Phil to drop a few bombs at e3 too. Loving these updates!
...Scatter...
Banned
What if you have a Win10 phone, PC and Xbox? How will it know which one you're speaking to?
Idk, I get why they're doing it but I think they should keep both "xbox" and "hey cortana" or even just "Cortana". I've never said "hey" my entire life and never heard anyone else say it either, and even when I say it now just to see how it sounds I sound like a right twat. I bet because of that they see really low engagement with Cortana in UK at least. It's just a very US-centric phrase, it'd be like Americans having to say "Alright Cortana, go to forza" or whatever, would sound silly I bet
Edit: Yeah Cortana learns your voice and stuff but you don't have to say "Hey Cortana" for that to work. If anything, wouldn't Cortana learning custom commands etc make even more sense to let you customize the prefix to whatever you want it to be, with the default being "Hey Cortana"? Best of both worlds and I see no reason why it can't work?
We're good with Alright here in the US. They should let you record your own command phrase. That way you could be like:
- Hey, Cortana
- Yo Felicia
- Wiiiiiiiilson
- Mr. Belvedere
- Mom (for the cellar dwellers)
- Hey (that hot cheerleader you had your eye on)
- By the Power of Greyskull
didn't Sony lock down Spotify exclusivity?
Kssio_Aug
Member
I know they have a deal, didn't know it was exclusive. That sucks! =(
There have to be some third party Spotify apps on Windows Store that could come to Xbox with universal apps.
Apparently it's gonna be 2.5 hours late, Tom Warren tweeted we should expect it at 11:30 EST instead of the usual 9:00.
are there any 3rd party Spotify apps?
Mixolydian
Member
I believe someone said that a second part of this update will be detailed, including background music.
interesting. I'll be curious to see if this works on the xboner
This article was from march 2015
Not sure if that's changed since then. Hopefully yes. Having 'exclusive' apps is just silly. from any POV.
Kssio_Aug
Member
That's amazing to know! I hope they add background music and that they support this Spoticast app!
That looks pretty ok. Doesn't look like a good interface for a tv, so if they were allowed to plop it on the Bone, hopefully they would adjust things accordingly.
Kssio_Aug
Member
I think it looks better than Spotify app used to look on PS4 (not sure how it's looking today). But I don't care too much for the app interface tbh... I just want to listen my spotify playlists on background.
From my own experience the keyword "Xbox" gets accidentally activated at least a few times per day. Anything even remotely close to the sound of Xbox will make it start listening for a command. Having a phrase such as "Hey Cortana" is more specific and shouldn't accidentally activate as often. I'm looking g forward to the change quite a bit.
It did back when Cortana was accidently left in and avalible in one preview build, so I have high hopes it will be working this time.
I played around with it quite a bit, and if Im not misstaken you could even tell Cortana to change volume directly to a specific number, instead of changing by steps.
Do tvs have a way of setting it to a specific volume value via a remote. Is that common? That would have to be possible for it to do it via IR.
Iced_Eagle
Member
It just sends multiple volume up/down IR commands like a second apart from each other.
DannyDanger
Member
oh sorry i was messing around
the joke was MS doesn't give a dam about tier 2 peasants
In order to go to a specific volume value, it would need to know where the tv currently is.
SlipperyMoose
Member
"Xbox, volume up!"... signed you out, choose your profile. I wonder what will happen to this haha.
Edit: Just got an invite right now. I'm in the beta
Edit: Just got an invite right now. I'm in the beta
Dylan Sexbang
Banned
Just got an invite as I started up TW3. Cortana lets goooo.
Shrennin
Didn't get the memo regarding the 14th Amendment
I think the reason they don't want to run the "Xbox" command anymore is because it causes the Xbox to accidentally listen everytime "Xbox" is mentioned in conversation. It's why instead of "Cortana, do such and such" it's "Hey Cortana, do such and such." They could add a "Hey Xbox" command, I supposed, but I don't see the "Xbox" command existing after this update.
Also, just got my invite and enrolled!
LowerLevel
Member
Just checked in on the Xbox app and got the notification. Hope it goes well!
GhostWriter24
Member
You'll take your stability updates and like it.
IfAllElseFales
Member
Got one as well, any idea when the update becomes available?
rob305
Member
apparently they pushed it back a couple of hours to 11:30pm eastern
Wondering if Warren has the wrong time, Ybarra hasn't said otherwise but I guess we'll see here shortly
Hidden One
Member
I wish Sony would update the PS4 UI every now and then :l. It used to be alot faster than it is now.
Mixolydian
Member
Same. Looking forward to it.